Certification (FYI)

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Certifications in all areas of IT consulting are becoming more prevalent, but which ones really make a difference in pay and hiring trends, here is the answer from new research and analysis at certmag.com and our own research into the 3,000+ new requests for IT consultants over the last year:
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Roles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:

  f! ^# s8 b2 S+ g. {Security Specialist - CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professionals) Cisco Network Specialist - CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Systems Administrator - MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Breakfix hardware technician - A+ SAP Functional Expert - SAP Certification in the module required i.e. FI/CO, MM, HR, PM
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* i3 r5 S6 i8 }  [6 ERoles where certification can help:
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- h5 A" G& o  I: g  w8 W) @Project Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)
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Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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- g5 Z2 X  Z/ T, Q1 h$ A2 FBusiness Analysis
Most Software Development
Quality Assurance
Technical/Web Writing
Business Intelligence
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The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

/ \, z( q* N5 EMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
MCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
CNE      - average $7262 increase
$ ?" o6 c! ?( m" H) W3 KMCP+     - average $7072 increase
3 V" E, `2 c: z4 L" T7 SCNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase
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: n% L" R% E4 N+ cThe only professional certification in Canada is the Information Systems Professional (I.S.P.) designation from CIPS. More information can be found at www.cips.ca/standards on this designation and the impact it can have on your marketability as a consultant.

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5 T9 i! p$ }% T) g1 l- \% d  Q: NTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

; Y: j! _" r% s* C# U! @6 Z10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
7 [7 x+ e% U/ M. D% L; f* Y8. "It worked yesterday."
7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "Did you check for a virus?"
6 A" }4 E- `5 @0 X% s; Z! [3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
6 K- o5 `# {8 F/ v% ~: G2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"


& H/ L4 l' i' }2 ?5 tand finally ...

1. "I thought I fixed that."

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